. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 363 McDOiVOTJGH COUXTT, organized under anact passed, Jan. , 1S26, and attached, for judicialpurposes, to Schuyler County until 1830. Itspresent area is 580 square miles—named in honorof Commodore McDonough. The first settlementin the county was at Industry, on the site ofwhich William Carter (the pioneer of thecounty) built a cabin in 1826. James and JolmVance and William Job settled in the vicinity inthe following year. Out of this settlement grewBlandinsville. William Pennington located onSpring Creek in 1828, an

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. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ILLINOIS. 363 McDOiVOTJGH COUXTT, organized under anact passed, Jan. , 1S26, and attached, for judicialpurposes, to Schuyler County until 1830. Itspresent area is 580 square miles—named in honorof Commodore McDonough. The first settlementin the county was at Industry, on the site ofwhich William Carter (the pioneer of thecounty) built a cabin in 1826. James and JolmVance and William Job settled in the vicinity inthe following year. Out of this settlement grewBlandinsville. William Pennington located onSpring Creek in 1828, and, in 1831, James erected the first frame liouse on thesite of the present city of Macomb. The firstsermon, preached by a Protestant minister in thecounty, was delivered in the Job settlement byRev. John Logan, a Baptist. Among the earlyoflScers were John Huston, County Treasurer;William Southward, Sheriff; Peter Hale, Coro-ner, and Jesse Bartlett, Surveyor. The firstterm of the Circuit Court was held in 1830, andpresided

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